NOTE: Starting Friday, The Girl In The Mirror has agreed to BETA this story. She's already started my other one, but she's computerless till Friday, so will start again then. For now, I will force myself into re-reading it… -isn't getting anywhere-
NejiShika
Baby Trouble
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
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It's quite surprising how nice it is to do the same thing everyday. Most people would think it's boring, to wake up to the smell of cooking, to fetch a baby to stop it crying, to walking into the kitchen and be greeted with the same person you wanted to spend every second of every minute of every hour of everyday with. It wasn't that bad.
In fact, I'd say it was rather damn good.
"Hey," Neji said, setting the dishes out like he did every morning.
"Hey," I repeated, getting out the items for Michiru's breakfast, like I did every morning.
If you think about it, our mornings are surprisingly non-eventful. And when they are eventful, it's generally a bad thing.
"Asuma-sensei wanted me to hook up Chou and Ino."
Neji looked up from his meal, a small surprise in his eyes. "Really?"
"Yeah, because he's too damn lazy to do it on his own."
This caused my lover to laugh a bit. "Ah, but why do I have a feeling that, the only reason you're telling me this, is because you're too damn lazy to do it on your own?"
Flustering, I muttered a small "troublesome" under my breath and patted Michiru on the back as she coughed a little.
"But if that is the case, I'd be happy to help," he said.
"Really?"
"On one condition," he raised a finger as I raised a brow at the devilish smirk on his face. "You help me with a little something…"
I narrowed my eyes. "What?"
Standing, he took his plate to the sink, dumping it and leaning on the counter seductively. "Well, I heard there was this place in the forest that rose petals grew in, and I was thinking of going there…"
"I'm not having sex in a public place," I said, glancing at Michiru, not forgetting the 'bondage' incident.
Neji just blinked innocently. "What makes you think I want-"
"Let's not say that word anymore. I'll be murdered if next time mum looks after Michiru that's what she says."
"Mama Nedi!" the redhead said, raising her arms in the general direction of Neji. I placed her on the floor and watched as she tried to craw, slipping on the tiled floor.
The Hyuuga picked her up and scooped her into his arms. "Well, what makes you think I want that anyway?"
"The fact that's all you ever want? The fact you have a one-track mind?"
"Have a bit of faith?"
"No."
Sighing, he walked over to me and watched me eat for a moment. "Think about it?"
"Yeah, I'm thinking … no."
"Then why should I help you?" he asked childishly.
I pouted a little, frowning. "Ino helped you so much to get me. In anyway she could. And you're not going to help her back? Where's your heart?"
"At least come with me to see the place then?" he begged, looking a little crestfallen.
I sucked in a breath, and from the winning look on his face he knew what I was going to say. "Fine, but you're helping me with-"
"Ino and Chouji, I know," he bent down and placed a small kiss on my forehead. "Thanks anyway."
"Whatever."
He left the room happily with a skip in his step, not gone for five minutes before the door bell rang. I groaned; an eventful morning.
Opening the door, I was surprised to see Ino and Chouji there, Chouji looking relatively tired and Ino just grinning madly. I held the door open wider, letting them come into the room
"Hey," Ino started. "Guess what?"
I frowned a little. "What?"
"Tsunade-sama has started to appoint people to look after new teams!" she said, pointing to herself. "I'm one!"
Looking at Chouji, he nodded as well as if to answer my unspoken question. "You're one too," he said. "If you want to be."
"Who else?" I asked.
"Well, Tenten agreed, as did Naruto. And I think Lee is too…I'm not sure about team eight, I haven't asked them yet," she said. "But you'll have to ask Neji for us too! It would be fun!"
"What about Sakura and Sasuke?"
Chouji laughed. "Can you see Sasuke being a leader of the new teams? It would be chaos!"
I smiled a little and nodded. "Good point."
"As for Sakura," Ino started. "She's too busy at the hospital. They can't sacrifice her," which made sense; she's become a very good doctor.
"But anyway," the blonde continued. "That's not the point. We told Tsunade-sama that we'd see if you and Neji and the others were going to do it, or not…"
I looked between my best friends. Chouji was looking encouraging, while Ino was looking pleadingly. "Ok, I'll-"
"No," we turned to the new voice, seeing Neji standing in the door way. "We're not doing it."
"Since when did you make my choices for me?" I asked, growling a little.
He walked up to us and frowned. "Since now. Do you really want to have to spend time with a bunch of sprogs?"
"Well, maybe I do," I said, crossing my arms.
"And I say you don't."
Ino giggled from where she was, and the two of us turn to her and Chouji to see teasing looks on their faces. "Neji-kun," she started. "You don't need to be jealous just because you don't want to share Shikamaru more than you already do."
"Whatever," he hissed, going a pinkish colour. "I said no, for the both of us."
"And I said yes, you don't need to do it. Just like Sasuke and Sakura, I'm sure you three could have nice little moments together in your free time."
"No."
"Yes."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No-"
"Damn it Neji," I stomped my foot for effect. "Why?"
There was a short pause before Neji scoffed and walked out the room. "Fine, go off and look after a bunch of rookies."
"You used to be a rookie!"
He turned to face me. "I was never a rookie."
I fumed as he left the room and headed in the general direction of the bedroom. I turned back to Ino and Chouji. "Egomaniac…" I muttered.
The two still had teasing looks on their faces. "Don't worry, I'm sure he just does it because he cares," Ino said.
"Cares my ass," I spat. "I'll look after one of the rookie teams."
Chouji nudged me. "You sure?"
"Yeah, Shikamaru, you might be deprived of sex for a month or something."
That statement made me fluster. "Neji's the sex addict, not me!" I retorted. "Besides, I'm sure he'll get over it."
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"But Neji, you should join us! Help the fire of youth burn in the young children's hearts!"
"Yeah Neji, maybe not exactly what Lee said, but you can twist it a bit and it sounds like fun! Come on…"
I felt my eye muscles twitch. "Why don't you go bug Sasuke into it?"
"Can you really see Sasuke being the team leader of a rookie team?" Tenten asked. "Besides, I doubt that many parents would be overly fond of the idea."
"Can you see me being a team leader?" I asked back.
Lee jumped in. "Of course, my rival Neji, anything is possible!"
"How about no?" I asked again, loosing patients. "I'm busy with other stuff."
Tenten frowned and placed her hands on her hips. "Like what? Shikamaru's doing the leader thing too!"
"Please, don't remind me."
We were meant to be training. That's why we agreed to meet up. It started with Tenten and Lee asking me if I was looking forward to getting a team appointed to me, and what I thought it'd be like. After a while of them babbling on, they asked why I was being so quiet, and I told them. It didn't go down very well.
"Lee," I said, getting the man's attention. "Let's fight."
He was more than happy to.
Tenten was a different story …
"Come on Neji!" she persisted. "You can't still not want to?"
"Tenten let me explain this in simple words;" I stared her in the face for a few seconds. "No."
She put it at rest, thankfully, for now at least. But that was enough time for me to train with Lee- who could still not beat me.
The thought of having three little children tagging along behind you was sickening. I never liked children- and that included Hanabi and Michiru. Hanabi had been a chuunin for about two years or something now, and had to wait for the rest of her team for about a year during that time. The weight of having three genins on your shoulders must've been tiring, and I can't imagine what Kakashi was feeling when one of his went haywire and the other two started obsessing. Though, the two obsessing have come very far, and I'm pretty sure Naruto will get the position of Hokage. On top of that, he got a new member that he didn't really get to know as he was basically replaced. A new member that almost was the down fall of his team.
I landed a hit in Lee's stomach, watching his face screw up with pain. Tenten shouted something, and I realised that I might've gone a bit too far. Might've being a bit of an understatement.
"Neji!" the woman scolded. "What were you thinking?"
Nothing really. "Sorry…" I muttered, scratching my temple. "I'm going to sit out for a while."
"But we haven't finished our battle!" Lee exclaimed. "I will not give up! I shall triumph!"
I shook my head. "Not right now, Lee…"
He settled down a bit and nodded, turning to Tenten with a cheesy smile. "Well, Tenten, shall we fight?" the girl nodded at his words and got in her position.
I sat by a tree, banging my head against the wood lightly, shutting my eyes. Who the hell would want a baby anyway?
"Neji, why are you talking to yourself about babies?"
I snapped my head round to see Sakura, who was smiling with a hint of amusement in her eyes. She wore an apron and a mask around her neck, so I'm guessing she ran out on her shift.
I had to pause to think of an answer. "I have no idea."
She giggled, sitting next to me. "So much for genius," she commented. I frowned and looked away, fuming slightly. She rolled her eyes and nudged me. "Something on your mind?"
"Have they found Michiru's parents yet?"
The pink haired lady blinked a few times. "Not that I know of."
"Then I'm fine."
She laughed again. "Why, are you wanting to keep Michiru?"
"What-no! Of course not! I was just wondering…." I said, frowning. Nothing was making any sense today.
I guess Sakura picked up my confusion, as she changed the subject. "I heard you're not going to do the rookie team captain thing?"
"Nah, I can't really see myself looking after three kids."
Another laugh. "But don't you remember when we had to do that thing when we were rookies, and we guided teams to the top of a mountain. It's a shame that got called off, because of the rain."
"And Naruto idiotically kept going anyway? Yeah, I remember that."
"Judging by that small smile on your lips, I'm guessing you did well with your team," she noted. I couldn't help the horrid fluster that found its way to my cheeks.
"W-What?! No…well, it didn't go awfully, but…" I trailed off, deciding this wasn't helping my pride. "That was a one off."
Shrugging, she clapped her hands together and rubbed them. "I think you'd make a good team captain. You're not as cold as you used to be, your temper's not as short as Sasuke's is, and the rookies could learn a lot from you," giving me a small smile, the medic nin. carried on. "And I think with you training them, they'd be chuunin in no time flat."
"You think so, huh?" I asked.
Nodding, she winked at me. "And I bet it would help you raise Michiru if we don't manage to find her parents."
It took a moment before her words sunk in and I felt heat rising to my cheeks once more. Lee called to her, waving with a giant grin. She got up and brushed and dirt off her rear before walking over to him and giving him a small kiss. Tenten and Sakura had a small conversation before they started planning something with Lee, Tenten going into a dreamy daze. They were going on a double date no doubt.
If we don't find her parents…
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I set the container down on the desk, stuffing my hands back into my pocket as Sakura put it away, thanking me profusely for running her a few errands. She'd caught me while she was on the way to find Lee and asking if I would do her a favour. I didn't have anything else to do, and she looked like she really wanted to see her lover. I still had Michiru in my arms, pulling at my earring and jacket.
"Ah, also Shikamaru, will you be seeing Ino or Chouji later?" she asked, taking her gloves and mask off, but leaving her apron on.
"Yeah, most probably. We were thinking of getting something to eat together."
She let a mischievous grin grace her looks. "Great, because I found someone else who might want to take on a team?"
"Oh?" I frowned. Hinata had agreed, as had Shino, but Kiba had flatly refused. Unless Sakura or Naruto had convinced Sasuke into it, no one else way really left. "Who?"
Her grin widened and the name slipped off her tongue like water. "Neji."
There was a long, long moment.
"Neji?! That bastard went at me for ages this morning about doing it!"
She chuckled to herself a bit. "I talked to him when I went to see Lee, and it seems he's rethinking it. You should encourage him."
"Th-that's not it…" I said. "Troublesome."
"Ha, well, you should tell Ino and Chouji before he changes his mind again!" she said.
"Thanks again for getting me the pills; it was really nice of you!"
"Don't mention it. Thanks for talking to Neji."
She waved her hand a little. "Ah, it's ok! I'm jealous of you guys really! I wish I could do it, but I'm just too busy here…not that I'd give up my post, I worked hard, and I work hard!"
Nodding, I said goodbye and left the hospital, walking down the streets to find Neji. He wanted me to go to the forest with him, but hadn't really told me where to meet him.
"Onii-chan!"
I turned, Michiru giggling madly and clapping her hands.
"Ya-ya!"
The blunette stopped before us, grinning. "How are you, my darling Michiru?"
I smiled and crouched so that Michiru and Dia could say hello properly. Her mother walked up to us, smiling happily. She seemed like a bright woman in general.
"Ah, Shikamaru was it? It's nice to see you again!"
"Likewise," I said, bowing my head a little. "You look very nice today, are you going out?" I asked.
She laughed bashfully and cupped her cheek. "Oh, young men, such charmers! We were about to go meet my husband for lunch, though, you're welcome to join us!" she paused. "Where's Neji?"
"Ah, I'm about to go meet him," I explained. "Sorry, maybe we could have lunch another time?"
"That would be lovely."
Dia piped up. "Can Michiru not come with us?" she asked with a desperate look in her eyes.
"Dia!" her mother scolded. "Don't be so rude, they can't come!"
The child looked to the floor. "Sorry…"
"Ah, it's ok. I'm sure Michiru would be happy to go with you-" I looked up to the mother. "Unless that's a problem-"
"No, of course not!" she exclaimed. "I owe you so much for what you did for us! I'd be thrilled if Michiru was to come with us. Would Neji mind?"
I grinned nervously. Of course, Neji would be over the moon. "Well, we were going to drop her off at her babysitters probably, I think Neji wants some…alone time," I said, trying to find the right words.
By the giggle that I received, no more explanation was needed. "I understand," she said. "Is there any time you want her back?"
"None really, maybe we could pick her up when we're coming back?" I asked. She nodded and I stood, forcing Michiru and Dia to let go of hands. Dia whooped when I passed Michiru over to her mother, the baby giggling and clapping her hands.
"You'll need the bag, Ms…." It was meant to be a question, but the lack of a name kind of spoiled it.
"Remy Umiko, but please, Remy is fine."
I passed her the baby bag. It wasn't big, and had a few diapers and baby food in. "Thanks again, Remy."
"You're more than welcome," she said with her normal grace. It was then I noticed a small pram that Dia scrambled into, Remy giving Michiru to Dia, who giggled. "Be careful," Remy said to her daughter.
"Have a nice lunch," I said, waving a little.
"Have fun with Neji," she said back, winking. I couldn't help the thumping that started in the back of my head. I knew she knew, but…did she have to be so…
Shaking my head, I stuffed my hands into my pockets and went back to finding Neji.
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When Shikamaru had turned up at the training grounds without Michiru, I was almost cheering for joy. I led him further into the forest, holding onto his hand. I could feel his grip tighten a little as we got further in, making my smile widen.
I looked up when we got to a clearing, smiling at the clouds you could seeing through all the foliage. Shikamaru walked forward a bit, slacking his hold on my hand. There were random buses of flowers and petals scattered around the ground, sticks and leaves giving the ground a bed cover.
He gasped as I spun him round, pulling him close to me and letting my mouth hover over his.
"They say that the right smell is a key for great love making…" I said, resting my nose against his cheek and breathing in. "Doesn't it smell nice here?"
I felt him nod. "It does…but-"
I cut him off with my lips before he had time to protest. Smirking into the kiss, I placed my free hand on his hip, lacing our fingers together and gently pressing into him. I felt him melt against me and when I opened my eyes slightly, his own had slipped shut.
I let my fingers caress the skin that was on his hip bone, rubbing my thumb up and down lovingly. I can proudly say I know every inch of this beautiful body. I can proudly say that if I ever forgot, or simply felt like it, I could memorize it all over again as many times as I wanted.
His own free hand came up to hold the back of my neck, unlacing our fingers as he stumbled back and letting them move to the top of my head, running them through my hair. I purred and guided him to a tree, pressing him against it.
The hand that was at my neck trailed down my front, undoing my shirt and pushing it off my shoulders. He made quick work of my trousers, letting them drop to the floor as he ran his hands over my chest, licking wide strokes across my tongue.
I nuzzled into his neck and tugged down his trousers and tossed his jacket to the ground, drawing circles on his sides and chest as I pushed his jumper up. His hands pinned themselves above his head and I pulled the item of clothing off, letting it join everything else. Left in boxers, I can't imagine a tree bark is very comfortable. The only other option is the floor, which is probably not comfortable either.
I pushed him down onto the floor anyway, licking at his neck slowly as he nuzzled into my hair, running his hands over my forearms, biceps, back, chest and stomach, tracing every inch of skin her could reach.
I pressed flush against him, nibbling at his neck and smiling as he let out a moan through his nose, running his hands through my hair and pulling out my hair tie. I lifted my hand to his own hair, pulling his out and wrapping it onto my wrist. I pressed flush against him, my hands by his head holding him down.
"You know what I said this morning about public places?" he said lazily. I made a sound of recognition. "This is no longer a public place."
With that I sucked hard on his neck and bit down, drawing a small amount of blood. I lifted my head up and looked into his dazed eyes, smirking and licking my lips hungrily.
"Good," I said. "Because I wouldn't care if it was."
When I rolled off him he whined a little, but smiled none the less, staring straight into my eyes. I smirked cheekily and stayed on my side, reaching a hand out and putting it down his boxers, groping the perfect ass, getting him to stick his tongue out.
I took it into my mouth, pushing against it with my own. He opened his mouth to give me a bit of entrance, but he mainly dominated the kiss, for once. I caressed the smooth skin before tugging at the boxers a bit. He lay back again as I sat up, pulling his boxers down and placing kisses on his abdomen, giving feather kisses to the skin, getting lower and lower until I met hair, smirking and changing path to go down his left leg, breathing hot air onto his inner thigh, making him writhe a little.
"Boxers," he muttered. "Off…"
I obliged, taking off the undergarment and discarding it. He let his eyes soak up my appearance and smiled softly. "That's mine," he said. "Forever."
I blushed lightly at the indirect mention of our engagement, returning the look anyway. I picked up his hand and held his ring finger to my lips, kissing the ring.
"As long as you want it."
"Forever sounds good then," he teased. When he went to sit up, I pushed him back a little and let my finger tips linger on his chest. Relaxing, he lay where he was and watched me.
I picked up rose petals from around us and let them rung through my fingers and onto his body, making his smile widen a little. I saw his tummy shake as he chuckled. While I was decorating his body with petals, he took some of my long hair and plaited it, enjoying the silence and peacefulness.
"I heard that when your hair's fancy it's also a good thing," he said. "Something to do with sex, wasn't really listening at the time."
"Oh, who told you that?" I asked.
A small pink tainted his cheeks, yet he smiled sheepishly. "Ino I think. She talked about smell, and hair, and taste and all this other junk," the sheepish look was replaced with a cheeky one. "Though, I guess it comes in handy."
"I guess it does," I said, letting the last rose petal fall from my hand and just above his belly button.
I couldn't help but snigger a bit when he laughed as my tongue first hit his skin, playfully dipping and dodging around the rose petals, smelling the soft fragrance and pressing them into his skin with my pink limb, flicking around his nipple, but not staying too long.
I wanted to give him a taste of what was to come.
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"That's so cute!" Ino exclaimed, stars in her eyes.
"You know, we probably shouldn't be here," Tenten reminded, but didn't take her eyes off the scene.
"But look at them, they're adorable!" I said, pointing to them.
"A-Anou … I-I-I think w-we sh-should g-g-go…" Hinata muttered, face a hot pink.
"Oh, don't be such a pessimist," Ino hissed, waving the question off. "It's not like it really matters. We'll be going soon…"
It was true. We were only coming to quickly ask Neji if he really was ok with taking on a rookie team. Tenten knew where he was, Hinata could quiet often sway him into anything, and Ino and I were sort of the messengers. But come on, who can resist this?
Shikamaru was on his back, hands above his head carelessly and Neji moving his tongue around rose petals with skill, nuzzling at his diaphragm, navel, hips, and the dip in the collarbone. Hinata tugged on my sleeve a bit and I turned to her.
"S-Sakura…" she said. "Sh-shall w-we-we come back l-later?"
Of course, as wonderfully hot at this might be, I doubt Hinata's seen her fully grown cousin naked. Maybe when they were little, but not now. I looked back at the two boys before coming up with an answer.
"I'm sure they won't be long, we can wait."
I hear Ino squeal in joy at my words and Tenten nodded numbly. Hinata bit her lip, and when I looked properly, I could tell she was actually trying to bite back a smile.
I grinned. "Don't worry, we're all perverts now," I teased, making her blush a bit more.
She giggled still, nodding a little.
Ino gripped my hand and covered her mouth, eyes going wide. I heard Tenten gasp and Hinata squeak. I focused on the two boys to see Neji settle himself between Shikamaru's legs, kissing the chest lovingly one more time before lifting the legs up a little. He held a tube which, I guess, he got while I was talking to Hinata from his pocket. Someone likes to be prepared.
Neji coated his hand with the lube before transferring it onto his member, making my cheeks fluster a little. I may have seen a lot being a medic nin, but this was a bit different.
He lifted Shikamaru's feet over his shoulder, letting them slip off a little and onto his arm as he positioned himself at Shikamaru's entrance, putting his hand on the other male's erection and pumping a little as he pushed in.
The moans that filled the once silent forest were unbearably erotic. Shikamaru's hips and upper half bucked up and he would run his hands through his hair, Neji's small braids and locks falling over the Nara's body, getting entwined with the petals that got crushed in their love making as Neji bent down, resting his forehead against Shikamaru's chest and nuzzling a little.
Shikamaru started twitching first, hands becoming frantic and moans dissolving into screams, sometimes managing to find a midway point. His legs twitched furiously on Neji's arms, his hands and arms soon following the motion.
The smell of sex drenched the air soon after the dark eyed man came, getting a sticky mass of cum all over their torsos. He let out another scream, louder than the rest when Neji came, pulling out a little later.
They lay there like that, panting and sweating, a mixture of rose petals, braids, sweat cum and spit on their bodies. Neji was flat on Shikamaru, his head on the other's chest, limp.
Hinata was the first to jump. It was like a chain reaction that happened in a matter of milliseconds. Neji's byuakugan faced us, Hinata jumped, followed by me, Ino and then Tenten. Shikamaru followed his gaze and frowned. After a moment, his frown was replaced by the colours blue and pale peach.
"Hinata-sama, Sakura?" Neji said first, sitting up. Shikamaru propped himself up on his elbows. "Ino, Tenten?"
"Girls," Shikamaru said, shutting his eyes and falling back again, tucking his hands behind his head. "Troublesome."
Neji smirked at his words.
Ino stood first, being the most bold and closest to Shikamaru. I could see her hand was shaking a little and she looked somewhat nervous behind the serious exterior. I knew her well enough.
She marched over to the two boys and Tenten was next, just as bold. I followed, holding onto Hinata's hand, said girl looking like a rabbit caught in the headlights.
Shikamaru smirked and cracked open an eye. I knew it was then that I should've turned around.
"Enjoy the show?"
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Oh, the look of pure embarrassment that past Ino's face when I said that. She gulped and dropped the act, blushing heavily. I was still shaking a little from the ride, Neji doing the same.
Tenten had her mouth covered, looking embarrassed, yet relatively happy. Sakura, being probably the more professional, smiled a little, but blushed at being caught. I guess she's used to seeing people naked. Hinata however had her eyes tightly shut and could've lighted up a pitch black room. She was holding onto Sakura's fist so tight her knuckles were white.
"W-we were wondering if Neji was going to be a rookie captain," Ino said, hands on her hips.
My smirk widened. "And you just happened to get caught up in the moment?"
She frowned, looking away and pouting. I love to tease her so. "Is that so wrong?"
Feeling kind of sorry for Hinata, I exchanged a look with Sakura that made the medic nod, saying something to Hinata and guiding her off with a strained smile.
Neji looked at me a moment, as if searching for an answer. I grinned and nodded happily.
"I'll do it," he said to Ino, who nodded with her classic toothy beam and vanished, Tenten going after her.
The Hyuuga looked back at me and gave me a cunning look. "You know…there's a lake just near here…in case you were uncomfortable staying like that?"
I returned the look, leaning up and titling my head to capture his lips, stopping before hand. "Well I was starting to get a bit uncomfortable, now you mention it…"
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We sat opposite Chouji and Ino, who had happily welcomed me, even though I wasn't meant to be there. I said I'd go get Michiru, but Shikamaru had given me an 'I have a plan' look and I changed my mind.
"This is nice," Shikamaru commented, looking at Chouji. "We don't often hang out anymore."
The other man nodded. "Yeah, we don't."
"And a double date too. How ironic."
The two other members of team ten froze, heat creeping to their cheeks.
I pretended to be surprised. "I didn't know you two were going out with each other," I said.
Ino was the first to find her bearings. "Ah-what-no, no, no! Me and Chouji? That would be like…dating your best friend, ha…ha…" she looked around nervously. "Who's ready to order?"
Oh, this was going to be a long night for you two. A very long night indeed.
I nodded and raised my hand a little, catching the attention of the waitress. She came over with a winning smile and a notebook.
"Can I take your order?" she asked.
Chouji's mind was back onto the food and he was ordering a lot, Ino starting to tell him to go on a diet. He said something back to her and the two started bickering. I nudged Shikamaru a little, who turned to the waitress.
"Sorry about them," he said. "They're always bickering like an old married couple."
The two stopped, flustering once more while locking eyes. They turned away from each other at the same time and Ino ran her fingers through her fringe a little. When the waitress gave Shikamaru a puzzled look, he simply winked and she smiled knowingly.
"Don't worry," she said, giggling. "I've heard it's healthy in a relationship to argue a little."
I would've laughed if it hadn't been for Ino's retort. "Well, then, Shikamaru and Neji should do something about their relationship. I think they argue a little too much."
Shikamaru, surprisingly, shrugged calmly. Ino and Chouji eyed him suspiciously. "At least I'm not in denial."
I ducked my head a little, hiding my mouth behind my hand to stop any laughed a little. Shikamaru had his own lazy smirk, while Ino and Chouji had priceless looks.
Ino's mouth opened and closed a few times. "I-I…I'm not in denial!"
"Are too."
"Are not!"
"Are too."
"Are not!"
They would've gone on forever if Chouji hadn't ordered something else.
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That night was full of fun and talk. I didn't embarrass my two best friends too much. Just a little…more than I could've done. It was nice to spend more time with them, Neji there making it even nicer. At the end of the evening I commented offhandedly that I thought Chouji should walk his date home. Neji added the 'don't forget the goodbye kiss' before they left, making the two quickly go down different roads.
They would have to meet up at some point on the way, seeing as both roads lead back into one that they both took.
I walked home content with the activities for the day. And glad that I didn't deny the sex. The sex was good. My hand was holding Neji's, our fingers laced and our bodies close.
We stopped off at Dia's house, apologizing for coming back so late, though they didn't seem to have a problem with it. She was sleeping soundly in my arms, Neji's arm slipped around my waist.
But there was one thing that was making me smiled stupidly the entire way home. Neji commented on what an idiot I looked like, but I didn't care. I had every right to look like a buffoon.
Because I couldn't stop playing with the damn engagement ring.
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Kitty: You'll never believe what I was listening to when I wrote the sex scene; Slipknot XDDD hahaha. That's how into it you get.
This chapter was longer than the others. I didn't realize how long it had gotten. I'm very proud of it too. I couldn't help but write in Sakura's pov. To see what it was like to write as if you were looking at the scene, rather than first person like I normally do. It made me feel like a bigger pervert than normal X3 hehehee.
I hope you all liked this chapter.
Oh, and in case anyone wondered, a sprog is a child basically.